Gaston Early College High School

Gaston Early College High School serves students in Dallas, North Carolina, as a very small high school. It teaches 235 students in grades 9 through 13. By comparison, high schools in North Carolina enroll about 761 students on average.

Gaston Early College High School is a school in Gaston County Schools. The district has 56 schools and 30,995 students.

At Gaston Early College High School, 56% of students are White. The school is also 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 68% White share among all Gaston County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.

The school has 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 21.9 students per teacher. High schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 19.6:1. The school reported 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 85% average for public schools in Gaston County.

In the surrounding county, Gaston County, the median household earns about $67,478 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Gaston Early College High School, Gaston County has 61 public schools.

Measured in a straight line, Gaston Early College of Medical Sciences is about 0.1 miles from Gaston Early College High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The student count changed little between 2020-21 (235) and 2024-25 (235). Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.5:1 in 2020-21, and 21.9:1 in 2024-25.

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